RALPH Hasenhuttl has slammed the "unacceptable" proposal of a breakaway European Super League, insisting: "Nobody wants it."

Six English clubs have agreed to join the new breakaway competition, it was announced on Sunday evening.

Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham have linked up with six European clubs – three from Spain and three from Italy – to create a rival competition to the Champions League.

It is anticipated three more clubs will join the breakaway group - which also includes Real Madrid, Barcelona, Atletico Madrid, Inter Milan, Juventus and AC Milan - as founding members with the new competition, which will begin “as soon as practicable” to eventually feature 20 teams.

In response, the Premier League commented: "The Premier League condemns any proposal that attacks the principles of open competition and sporting merit which are at the heart of the domestic and European football pyramid."

Discussing the prospect of the new competition, Saints boss Hasenhuttl said: "It does absolutely worry me. But I must say that the message from the Premier League was a very clear one and I 100 per cent agree with what they say about this. 

"This is for me absolutely unacceptable what is going on behind the scenes and I think nobody wants it. Not even the fans of the clubs who want to go there want it, so hopefully we will find the right steps to not let it happen."

Asked why he feels it is unacceptable, Hasenhuttl added: "Because they know there were a lot of powers of negotiation inside the Premier League going on about the future and they were not one time speaking about this Super League. 

"Suddenly it crops up and it means that there were some negotiations in behind in the background and this is something which is for me unacceptable."

News of the breakaway competition leaked out before it was officially announced and had already provoked a fierce backlash from UEFA and various national leagues and associations.

They pointed out the competition was unsanctioned and clubs and players risked bans by being involved.

World governing body FIFA also issued a strong condemnation after the announcement was made and called for further discussions.

Speaking at his press conference ahead of Wednesday's trip to Tottenham, Hasenhuttl said: "We lost a game on Sunday, but I was not sleeping good because I think it is definitely a big threat, what I see coming up with this war from the big clubs against all the national leagues.

"We have to fight very hard against it and hopefully we have the fans on our side, that they are going with us and without the fans football will not work."

He added: "I spoke about the big threat I have because of this Super League. Especially for the Premier League, it is the league that has the biggest impact from such a league. 

"Especially when UEFA will then try to ban them from the national league because the Premier League will not be the same without these clubs. I always spoke about, it is nice to watch the big games but it is also nice to see sometimes a smaller team winning against a big team. 

"This is what makes the Premier League special. It is very hard to imagine that this all should go from one time to the other. It is a big threat. 

"This is definitely something that we have to take very, very serious. It can be an earthquake for football - not only in Europe, but worldwide. UEFA and FIFA have a tough job now."